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1/2 Penny - Copper "Georgivs III Obverse"
| Issuer | Connecticut |
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| Year | 1787-1788 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A classical female figure, representing Liberty, seated facing left on a rocky exergual base, holding a staff or scepter in her raised right hand and a shield or orb in her left. Small stars are dispersed in the field to either side of the figure. The abbreviated patriotic legend INDE*ET LIB, referencing Independence and Liberty, appears around the periphery, with a date partially visible in the lower exergue. |
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Connecticut's copper coinage of 1787–88 was authorized by the state legislature in October 1785, making Connecticut one of the first states to establish its own post-Revolution copper currency. The contract was farmed out to private entrepreneurs rather than a state mint — most production ran through a works in New Haven, with additional striking at Machin's Mills in Newburgh, New York. The result was a chaotic proliferation of dies, with dozens of obverse and reverse combinations documented across both years.
The PCGS numbers 45421 and 45422 distinguish specific die marriages within the broader Connecticut series — a series notorious among specialists for its sheer variety count, currently exceeding 350 catalogued die combinations.